Agnieszka Radwanska wins 2016 China Open Women's Singles

Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska on 9 October 2016 won the 2016 China Open Women's Singles at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China.

Radwanska defeated Johanna Konta 6-4, 6-2 to grab the title.

About Agnieszka Radwanska

• Agnieszka Radwańska is a Polish professional tennis player.

• She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 in July 2012 and is currently ranked world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).

• She is the first Polish player in the Open Era to reach a Grand Slam singles final (the 2012 Wimbledon Championships), the first Polish to win the WTA Finals (in 2015), and the first Polish to claim a WTA singles title (the 2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open).

About China Open

• The China Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China.

• The men's singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, as the ATP opened a series of new tournaments in Asia.

• In 1998, the tournament was dropped from the ATP tour calendar, but was reinstated in 2004.

• In 2006, the China Open became the first tournament outside of the United States to use the Hawk-Eye system in match play.

• Novak Djokovic is the only player to have won the title six times. He also holds the record for consecutive wins with four titles.

• In doubles, the Bryan Brothers are the only doubles pair to have won consecutive titles.

• Agnieszka Radwanska, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Serena Williams hold the record for most titles won in the women's tournament, with two titles each.

• Garbine Muguruza was the winner of the 2015 China Open Women's Singles.

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